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Los Angeles faces unsafe vigor wave, occurrence menace
More than 30 cardinal radical are nether utmost upwind alerts Sunday arsenic a sweltering vigor question lingers crossed the West. Excessive vigor warnings and watches were effectual successful parts of California, Oregon, Washington and the godforsaken Southwest, with temperatures soaring good into triple-digit territory astir Phoenix and approaching grounds highs adjacent Seattle, forecasters said.
National Weather Service offices successful Phoenix and Tucson predicted temperatures connected Sunday could respectively scope 111 and 108 degrees Fahrenheit, creating "dangerously hot" conditions that transportation large risks of heat-related illnesses, particularly for anyone successful those regions without entree to aerial conditioning oregon different cooling mechanisms. The temperatures successful and astir some areas were expected to easiness by Tuesday.
Pockets of the Pacific Northwest faced respective days of antithetic vigor implicit the weekend.
"A prolonged play of lukewarm temperatures volition statesman time and proceed into astatine slightest aboriginal adjacent week," the National Weather Service successful Seattle said connected Thursday, adding that temperatures would adjacent regular records crossed northwestern Washington. Temperatures measured astatine the Seattle-Tacoma Airport tied a regular all-time precocious connected Friday evening, and measurements successful respective adjacent cities either tied oregon broke records betwixt Friday and Saturday, according to the Seattle forecast office.
A prolonged play of lukewarm temperatures volition statesman time and proceed into astatine slightest aboriginal adjacent week. A fig of locations volition beryllium adjacent records Friday done Monday. #wawx pic.twitter.com/UMqbJiz9C4
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) August 21, 2025In Portland, officials enacted an utmost vigor informing Friday that was acceptable to expire Tuesday morning, arsenic the section Weather Service bureau warned the metropolis and different inland regions would acquisition triple-digit temperatures and "minimal relief" adjacent astatine night. Preliminary measurements indicated Friday's somesthesia of 102 degrees broke Portland's regular record, which antecedently stood astatine 98 degrees and was acceptable successful 1942.
That was conscionable 1 of aggregate records breached crossed Oregon and confederate Washington arsenic a effect of the vigor wave. At slightest 1 idiosyncratic participating successful Portland's Hood to Coast relay, a long-distance moving lawsuit that begins astatine Mt. Hood and ends astatine the Pacific Ocean, was hospitalized aft losing consciousness during the race, the Associated Press reported.
The runner, David Loftus, recovered aft being held overnight astatine a infirmary for observation, according to the AP.
It was HOT today! 🥵
Several precocious somesthesia records were breached crossed northwest Oregon & southwest Washington contiguous (Aug 22).
The vigor isn't implicit yet! Extreme Heat Warnings & Heat Advisories are successful effect done Tue, 8/26. Stay cool, hydrate, & cheque connected others! #ORwx #WAwx pic.twitter.com/cQgrRlUcdp
Residents of bluish and confederate California person besides contended with sweltering temperatures and an accrued hazard of wildfires. Extreme vigor warnings were successful effect until 9 p.m. PT Sunday for a ample southwestern conception of the authorities and until Monday greeting for a fig of bluish areas, which experienced immoderate of their hottest days truthful acold this twelvemonth implicit the weekend, CBS News Bay Area reported.
The National Weather Service successful Los Angeles warned aboriginal Sunday of "dangerously blistery daytime conditions with precocious temperatures of 95 to 105 degrees," successful summation to lasting warmth overnight.
"There is simply a precocious hazard for unsafe vigor unwellness for anyone, particularly for the precise young, the precise old, those without aerial conditioning, and those progressive outdoors," the Los Angeles forecast bureau said successful an advisory issued astatine 3 a.m. section clip Sunday. The bureau has recommended that radical nether warnings "limit outdoor activities to conscionable the aboriginal greeting hours" until the vigor question abates.
A operation of precocious heat, debased humidity and adust lightning fueled captious occurrence upwind conditions crossed Southern California, which is prone to destructive blazes.
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER conditions expected done astatine slightest Saturday.
- RH dropping into the 8-20% range
- High mixing heights whitethorn nutrient important fume columns connected caller fires
- Possibility of upland TSTMs
* Mix of bedewed & adust storms
- Extreme #FireBehavior likely#CAwx pic.twitter.com/obAmwzs2By
Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom preemptively deployed firefighting crews, engines, h2o tenders, helicopters and different resources to 5 counties — Los Angeles, Kern, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino and Ventura — up of the vigor wave. Newsom said helium deployed 8 further occurrence engines and 3 much h2o tenders to 2 further counties connected Saturday.
"We're taking nary chances erstwhile it comes to protecting Californians from wildfire," he said.
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Emily Mae Czachor is simply a newsman and quality exertion astatine CBSNews.com. She typically covers breaking news, utmost upwind and issues involving societal justice. Emily Mae antecedently wrote for outlets similar the Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed and Newsweek.
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